tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post4057717779689785624..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Open Borders Means Tribal WarfareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-84417373219098999292014-04-15T07:35:19.286-04:002014-04-15T07:35:19.286-04:00@Glen Filthie
What do you define as complete free...@Glen Filthie<br /><br />What do you define as complete free will? Of course we do have some choice in the matter, but I do not think it is complete.<br /><br />You are in part, a product of your product and environment. Your immune system was founded in the environment you grew up in as a baby and infant, something you had no control over. Your values were instilled by the people and society around you, something you had no control over until the point you grew old enough to pick your own friends (but by then you already have these ideas and values instilled in you).<br /><br />From a neuroscience standpoint, when you see someone who is not of your skin color, your amygdala, your fear center of your brain goes crazy. This is usually beyond your conscious, and is rooted in your subconscious. <br /><br />Of course I don't believe that we are merely biochemical automatons, but while we do have choice, that choice has been shaped by a lot of factors, some within our control, some without. In my opinion, I do not think we can have "completely" free will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-12575503207842269822014-04-14T15:14:28.684-04:002014-04-14T15:14:28.684-04:00Dang, you write good! This fits right in to what&#...Dang, you write good! This fits right in to what's going on at Ex-Army, so it's reblogged there AND quibcagged, thus:<br /><a href="http://ex-army.blogspot.com/2014/04/bob-wallace-on-open-borders.html" rel="nofollow">When you develop a political ideology, you really should take human nature into consideration. It makes the ideology work a lot better.</a>Baloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245765878554696634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-58901461776193149332014-04-14T13:45:24.305-04:002014-04-14T13:45:24.305-04:00"The Left, including left-libertarians, do no..."The Left, including left-libertarians, do not understand this, because they unconsciously believe everyone has complete free will."<br />-------------------------<br /><br />They are correct in this matter. It is one of the few things they are actually right about, actually.<br /><br />Everything, right up to and including slavery, is a matter of choice. Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com